Invincible Dad-Chapter 778 Bai Fu_1

When will we be able to conquer Chang’an City?

This question had haunted the clan chiefs not for one or two years, but for decades, even centuries. The closest they had ever come to breaching the city was during the siege a few months ago. Although the Moon Clan had lost fifty thousand elites and dozens of Elders in that battle, suffering heavy casualties, things were different now. By harnessing the power of their entire clan, they could easily conquer Chang’an. This wasn’t blind arrogance but a confidence shared from the highest to the lowest ranks.

Thus, the Commander of the Upper Crescent Moon Clan spoke somberly, "In reply to the Crown Princess, half a month will suffice!"

"Half a month..." Ji Jie’s expression betrayed no joy or anger as she murmured softly, "But if he came to the Moon, he could annihilate the entire Moon Clan in three days."

The identity of this mysterious ’he’ left some of the lesser tribe chiefs completely clueless. However, in the minds of the major tribe chiefs and Crescent Moon Clan leaders with access to the clan’s secrets, one name emerged simultaneously: Xu Lai.

It was because of him that the Royal City was destroyed and the Moon King was gravely injured. It was also because of him that the Moon Clan’s years of planning and infiltration on Earth were completely uprooted. And it was still because of him that the Crown Prince disappeared and the clan’s top experts suffered such devastating casualties. Even the failed siege of Chang’an City was significantly related to Xu Lai.

The name Xu Lai was like a massive mountain pressing down on the hearts of every Moon Clan leader. None of them knew how high his Boundary truly was. They could only speculate that even the Moon King was likely no match for Xu Lai. He was a peerless adversary.

Without killing Xu Lai, the plan to descend upon Earth and devour the Zhu Lang at will would remain an unattainable illusion.

The great hall was utterly silent; not even the sound of breathing could be heard.

Ji Jie, who had been lounging lazily, sat up straight. Her coquettish aura instantly vanished, replaced by an indifferent and cold demeanor. "Father has found a way to kill Xu Lai. In ten days, we will attack Chang’an at all costs. We will stake the very fate of our clan on this."

A collective gasp of cold air filled the hall. A decisive battle in just ten days? Wasn’t that too soon?

Yet, no one dared to voice their doubts. Under the Crown Princess’s cold gaze, these Moon Clan powerhouses, who had dominated for a hundred or even hundreds of years, felt an inexplicable tremor in their dao hearts.

Within the span of three breaths, the hall was filled with voices of assent.

"We honor the commands of the Moon King and the Crown Princess!"

With that said, the chiefs dared not linger and hastily departed to make preparations. If this battle for their clan’s very fate was successful, it would be a cause for great celebration. If it failed, it would be doomsday. They wouldn’t even need to wait for the King and the Crown Princess to call them to account. After all, having struggled against Earth for a thousand years, their enemy surely longed to crush them completely as well.

This was a battle with only one winner. The winner would take all, and the loser would be trampled underfoot for eternity.

When she was finally alone in the great hall, Ji Jie massaged her temples, unable to hide her exhaustion.

From behind the throne, a figure emerged from the darkness. It was the maid Ren Shi, the Crown Princess’s most fervent follower. A sharp pain pierced Ren Shi’s heart at the sight of the Crown Princess’s exhaustion. She wanted to offer comfort but, mindful of her station, could only bite her lower lip and retreat into the shadows, remaining a blade ready to be wielded at her mistress’s command.

"Xu Lai’s Boundary is higher than Father’s. Much, much higher. It might even exceed the very limits of our imagination," Ji Jie murmured, as if asking someone else, yet also asking herself. "Do you think... our Moon Clan can win this battle?"

"We will definitely win!" Ren Shi sent out her Divine Sense, her thoughts extraordinarily resolute.

"The Moon Clan is full of fools like you. We can’t win." Ji Jie first scoffed, then gave a self-deprecating smile. "The Moon Clan simply cannot win."

She stared out the window at the distant aquamarine star, lost in a daze, her thoughts a mystery.

She rose to her feet, her red palace skirt swaying. A smile bloomed on her face like a flower. "This is fine, too."

「On the moon.」

The various tribes of the Moon Clan, both large and small, entered a state of battle readiness. Forbidden zones like the Sea of the Moon were temporarily forgotten. If anyone were to approach it, however, they would surely sense something amiss. Wisps of Spiritual Energy spilled out from the Sea of the Moon, and spirit grasses and other Spirit Plants sprouted wildly in the surrounding area.

The cause of this phenomenon was a woman in a white dress with a gentle, delicate face. She knelt before the Sea of the Moon, and behind her stood a young boy and girl, their eyes filled with bewilderment. They didn’t understand why their mother had left the Royal City to kneel at the perilous edge of the forbidden land.

The two children were Ji Cheng and Ji Yu, the third and fourth children of the Moon King.

"Mother, didn’t you say you would take me home? Where is home...?" Ji Yu asked timidly.

Having knelt there for several months like a statue, Bai Fu finally raised her head. She offered a forced smile and said, "This is Mommy’s home, and it’s your home too."

"Mother! This is a forbidden land! Has Father’s anger muddled your mind?" Although Ji Cheng was young, his sharp brows and star-like eyes already exuded an air of masculinity.

"So the Saintess still remembers that the Phoenix Nest is her home."

As a cold female voice echoed, a stream of green light shot out from the depths of the Sea of the Moon, scaring the Moon King’s children into hiding behind their mother’s frail form. Peeking out, they saw a woman in a green skirt standing on a flying sword, less than a hundred feet away from them.

"There’s... there’s a living being in the forbidden land..." Ji Cheng’s small face turned pale.

"Do not be impolite. Address her as First Senior," Bai Fu instructed.

The woman in the green skirt looked at the siblings, Ji Cheng and Ji Yu, frowning subtly. "Saintess, you have been foolish for a thousand years. You should be clear on what you truly want by now. Do not bring ruin upon yourself."

Bai Fu bit her lip. "I didn’t know before, but I do now. I want to protect Yu’er, Cheng’er, and my other two children."

"Saintess," the green-robed woman’s voice grew colder. "Back when you fell in love with Ji Jiuyou at first sight, did you really think the Elder Master didn’t know? He said that as long as you abandon that useless burden, you will still be our Phoenix Clan’s Saintess. You can return to the Phoenix Nest at any time!"

Bai Fu fell silent. She knew how willful she had been, but in all these years, she had never once regretted it.

From the moment of her birth, Bai Fu had been sealed away for a special reason, lying dormant within a cold Magic Artifact for tens of thousands of years that passed like a single day. It was very dark in the Dao Endowment. She was lonely and frightened.

When she saw the light of day once more, she became the Saintess, worshipped by her people. But this only made Bai Fu feel even more lonely. Aside from her senior sister—her father’s only living disciple, who guarded the entrance to the Phoenix Nest—she had no friends within the clan. No one dared to befriend her.

Then, she met Ji Jiuyou. He was different from the other youths in her clan, who were arrogant and believed their bloodline was unparalleled in the Immortal Domain. Ji Jiuyou, who had blundered into the Phoenix Nest, was incredibly weak. He was like a firefly that had fallen into an abyss, emitting only a faint light.

Bai Fu had smiled happily then, her intuition telling her this firefly had come specifically for her, to break through the darkness. She begged her senior sister to spare Ji Jiuyou’s life. It was for this reason that the Crown Prince of the Moon Clan was able to treat the forbidden Sea of the Moon as his own private garden, stumbling upon one fortuitous opportunity after another—all of which Bai Fu had orchestrated for him.

Later, she threatened her senior sister with her own life and, as she wished, was allowed to leave the Phoenix Nest.

From that day forward, she was no longer the Saintess fervently adored by the Jiu Feng Clan, nor was she the daughter of an Emperor Realm expert. She was simply the ordinary wife of the Moon King.